2005 W(rap)-Up with Napoleon Maddox
From: Simon Rentner
Length: 00:03:08
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2005 has rolled on by, and 2006 has beat down the door. This has been quite a year of hard-knocks: a hurricane bashing our Gulf Coast, a tsunami washing away Sumatra, and an earthquake shattering Pakistan. Poet and musician Napoleon Maddox, from the jazz/hip-hop unit IsWhat!? takes the punches in stride and w(raps)-up 2005 with a hard-hitting commentary -- in rap form -- that will undoubtably shakeup its listeners. The W(rap)-Up is a hip-hop summation of events in 2005 written and performed by hip-hop poet Napoleon Maddox and co-written and produced by Simon Rentner at Murray Street Productions. It's an amalgamation of hip-hop, news and commentary.
Steve Yasko
Posted on February 24, 2006 at 01:48 PM | Permalink
Review of 2005 W(rap)-Up with Napoleon Maddox
This is What We Want When We Say Different, But Airable!
I love this rap...and I'm an old white guy (not that I will admit that in public)!
This is a hip hop recap of 2005, and it's entertaining, enaging and fun. This morning I was listening to the 80s protest song Sun City. I want to draw some parallels, obtuse ones to be sure, but the passion is similar. There is a nice sense of seriousness about it, but not anger or despair.
The listing of events and commentary lines are wonderfully woven. Will kids relate? Maybe, but I do think they will listen and so will the old folks too because like the words!
I would like the producer to provide an intro and outro script. That would save PDs a bit of time in writing one themselves.
Stations could still use this even this late in the year. Go for it!